Homeless camp cleanup near Santa Clara River

Moving day arrived Monday for squatters in the area around the Santa Clara River in Ventura.

ANTHONY PLASCENCIA/THE STAR Peter Brown, community services manager for the city of Ventura, leads an orientation as the city and volunteers prepare to help move transients from the Santa Clara River on Monday.

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ANTHONY PLASCENCIA/THE STAR Ventura police Cmdr. Al Davis speaks with a former resident of the Santa Clara River as the city began removing encampments from the area Monday.

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ANTHONY PLASCENCIA/THE STAR Workers for the city of Ventura clear out trash from an abandoned encampment along the Santa Clara River.

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ANTHONY PLASCENCIA/THE STAR Representatives of Project Understanding in Ventura approach a transient woman along the Santa Clara River on Monday as Ventura began clearing out illegal encampments.

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ANTHONY PLASCENCIA/THE STAR City workers cut a path through brush along the Santa Clara River on Monday to make way for tractors to clear out illegal encampments.

ANTHONY PLASCENCIA/THE STAR Robert Brooks, who recently moved out of an encampment along the Santa Clara River, helps a friend carry out her belongings as representatives of the city and volunteers began cleaning out the area Monday.